Mary Ann Corinna Howard Sieghart (born 6 August 1961)[1] is an English author, journalist, radio presenter and former assistant editor of The Times, where she wrote columns about politics, social affairs and life in general. She has also written a weekly political column in The Independent. Her best-selling book, The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It, was published by Transworld/Doubleday in July 2021.
On BBC Radio 4, she has been a presenter of Start the Week and has also presented Fallout, Analysis, Profile, One to One and Beyond Westminster, as well as many one-off documentaries.[2] She is a visiting professor at King's College London and chaired the Social Market Foundation, an independent think tank, from 2010 to 2020.[1] She has been a non-executive director of the Ofcom Content Board, a member of the Tate Modern Council, and is currently a Non-Executive Director of the Guardian Media Group, Chair of the Investment Committee of The Scott Trust (owner of The Guardian and The Observer) and non-executive director of two large FTSE investment trusts: Pantheon International and The Merchants Trust. She is Chair of Judges for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022. In 2018, she was named as one of the Female FTSE 100 Women to Watch.[3]
She was appointed a Visiting Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, for the academic year 2018–19, where she researched The Authority Gap. She has since been an Associate Member of Nuffield College, Oxford (2019–20) and a Senior Academic Visitor at Oriel College, Oxford (2020-21). She is now a visiting professor at King's College London.
Sieghart suffers from prosopagnosia, which makes it difficult to recognize familiar faces.[7] Her mother, husband, and one of her children suffer from the same condition.[8]
Career
Sieghart's abilities were admired by Bill Deedes. Deedes hired her to work at The Daily Telegraph during the 1980 university summer vacation, where she spent time sub-editing, working on the "Peterborough" column and on features. She returned for subsequent vacations and again took on various roles, including writing some leaders. Deedes notes that "Let loose on the leader page, Mary Ann wove a sometimes startling liberal thread through the Daily Telegraph's blue tapestry." He offered her a job on graduation but simultaneously advised her to apply elsewhere because the Daily Telegraph was in financial trouble.[9]
In 1988, she joined The Times, as editor of the comment pages. During her time there, she was also Arts Editor, Chief Political leader-writer and acting editor of the paper on Mondays. In 1995, she chaired the revival of The Brains Trust on BBC2.
In 2003, Bill Hagerty, editor of the British Journalism Review, described Sieghart as "very talented" but criticised her assumption that broadsheet journalism in newspapers such as The Times was intrinsically better or more effective than tabloid journalism.[10] In 2007, she left The Times to pursue a portfolio career. From 2010 to 2012, she wrote the main opinion column in The Independent on Mondays.
Sieghart is a regular broadcaster. She was an occasional presenter of Start the Week on Radio 4 and presented Newshour on the BBC World Service from 2008 to 2010: she has also presented Analysis, Fallout, Profile, One to One and Beyond Westminster on Radio 4. She has often appeared on programmes such as Question Time, Any Questions, Newsnight, Today, The World Tonight and Woman's Hour. She was a regular co-presenter of Start the Week during the time Melvyn Bragg was the programme's main presenter and has been a guest presenter of The Week in Westminster and Dispatch Box.
Other activities
Sieghart is visiting professor at King's College London, Non-Executive Director of the Guardian Media Group, chair of the investment committee of the Scott Trust, and a non-executive director of Pantheon International and The Merchants Trust. She is Chair of Judges of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022. Until recently, she was chair of the Social Market Foundation, and also sat on the boards of the Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust, DLN Digital Ltd, the Council of Tate Modern and the Content Board of Ofcom.[2] She is senior trustee of the Kennedy Memorial Trust and has previously served as a trustee of the Radcliffe Trust, Heritage Lottery Fund, steering committee member of the No Campaign and New Europe, member of the Advisory Board of the Social Studies Faculty at Oxford University and other voluntary posts.[1]
References
^ abcd"Mary Ann Corinna Howard SIEGHART". Debrett's People of Today. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
^ ab. Ofcom. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
^Felicity Ann Sieghart obituary, The Times, 11 June 2019
^The Independent, 28 April 1997, Media Families: 11. The Siegharts, Mary Ann Sieghart and her daughter, Evie Prichard; William Sieghart and his wife, Molly Dineen
^"Freedom and security". Wadham College. 22 February 2016.
^"Photos: The faces of those who don't recognize faces". CNN. 23 May 2013.
^Kelly Strange "Everyone looks the same to me", Mirror.co.uk website, 9 November 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
^Bill Hagerty "Uphill fight for rolling news", 12 February 2012 at the Wayback MachinePress Gazette website, 11 April 2003. Retrieved 9 August 2008.
External links
Official website
"Mary Ann Sieghart | The Authoriy Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men..." YouTube. Author Events (Free Library of Philadelphia). 23 February 2022. (in conversation with Tracey Matisak, broadcast journalist formerly of WTXF-TV)
"The Authority Gap w/ Mary Ann Sieghart". Talk Nerdy. 14 March 2022. (hosted by Cara Santa Maria)
"The Authority Gap with Mary Ann Sieghart". YouTube. Liberal Voice for Women. 15 March 2022. (in conversation with Councillor Alison Jenner, civil parish of Cumnor in Oxfordshire)
March 31, 2023
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Mary Ann Corinna Howard Sieghart born 6 August 1961 1 is an English author journalist radio presenter and former assistant editor of The Times where she wrote columns about politics social affairs and life in general She has also written a weekly political column in The Independent Her best selling book The Authority Gap Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men and What We Can Do About It was published by Transworld Doubleday in July 2021 Mary Ann SieghartSieghart in 2021Born 1961 08 06 6 August 1961 age 61 Hammersmith London EnglandOccupation s Journalist broadcasterNotable credit s The TimesNewshour The IndependentSpouseDavidChildren2RelativesWilliam Sieghart brother On BBC Radio 4 she has been a presenter of Start the Week and has also presented Fallout Analysis Profile One to One and Beyond Westminster as well as many one off documentaries 2 She is a visiting professor at King s College London and chaired the Social Market Foundation an independent think tank from 2010 to 2020 1 She has been a non executive director of the Ofcom Content Board a member of the Tate Modern Council and is currently a Non Executive Director of the Guardian Media Group Chair of the Investment Committee of The Scott Trust owner of The Guardian and The Observer and non executive director of two large FTSE investment trusts Pantheon International and The Merchants Trust She is Chair of Judges for the Women s Prize for Fiction 2022 In 2018 she was named as one of the Female FTSE 100 Women to Watch 3 She was appointed a Visiting Fellow of All Souls College Oxford for the academic year 2018 19 where she researched The Authority Gap She has since been an Associate Member of Nuffield College Oxford 2019 20 and a Senior Academic Visitor at Oriel College Oxford 2020 21 She is now a visiting professor at King s College London Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Other activities 4 References 5 External linksPersonal life EditSieghart was born in Hammersmith London in 1961 the daughter of Paul Sieghart a human rights lawyer campaigner broadcaster and author and Felicity Ann Olga Howard nee Baer 4 chairman of the National Association for Gifted Children magistrate and later managing director of the Aldeburgh Cinema Her older brother is William Sieghart She attended Cobham Hall School and Bedales School 1 She won a scholarship to Wadham College Oxford when she was 16 and graduated with a first class degree in Philosophy politics and economics in 1982 5 6 Sieghart suffers from prosopagnosia which makes it difficult to recognize familiar faces 7 Her mother husband and one of her children suffer from the same condition 8 Career EditSieghart s abilities were admired by Bill Deedes Deedes hired her to work at The Daily Telegraph during the 1980 university summer vacation where she spent time sub editing working on the Peterborough column and on features She returned for subsequent vacations and again took on various roles including writing some leaders Deedes notes that Let loose on the leader page Mary Ann wove a sometimes startling liberal thread through the Daily Telegraph s blue tapestry He offered her a job on graduation but simultaneously advised her to apply elsewhere because the Daily Telegraph was in financial trouble 9 After Oxford Sieghart joined the Financial Times where she became Eurobond Correspondent and then a Lex columnist She spent a summer in 1984 working for The Washington Post as the Laurence Stern Fellow From the FT she was recruited to be City Editor of Today newspaper at its launch in 1986 When it was taken over by Tiny Rowland she moved to The Economist to be Political Correspondent She also presented The World This Week on Channel 4 In 1988 she joined The Times as editor of the comment pages During her time there she was also Arts Editor Chief Political leader writer and acting editor of the paper on Mondays In 1995 she chaired the revival of The Brains Trust on BBC2 In 2003 Bill Hagerty editor of the British Journalism Review described Sieghart as very talented but criticised her assumption that broadsheet journalism in newspapers such as The Times was intrinsically better or more effective than tabloid journalism 10 In 2007 she left The Times to pursue a portfolio career From 2010 to 2012 she wrote the main opinion column in The Independent on Mondays Sieghart is a regular broadcaster She was an occasional presenter of Start the Week on Radio 4 and presented Newshour on the BBC World Service from 2008 to 2010 she has also presented Analysis Fallout Profile One to One and Beyond Westminster on Radio 4 She has often appeared on programmes such as Question Time Any Questions Newsnight Today The World Tonight and Woman s Hour She was a regular co presenter of Start the Week during the time Melvyn Bragg was the programme s main presenter and has been a guest presenter of The Week in Westminster and Dispatch Box Other activities EditSieghart is visiting professor at King s College London Non Executive Director of the Guardian Media Group chair of the investment committee of the Scott Trust and a non executive director of Pantheon International and The Merchants Trust She is Chair of Judges of the Women s Prize for Fiction 2022 Until recently she was chair of the Social Market Foundation and also sat on the boards of the Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust DLN Digital Ltd the Council of Tate Modern and the Content Board of Ofcom 2 She is senior trustee of the Kennedy Memorial Trust and has previously served as a trustee of the Radcliffe Trust Heritage Lottery Fund steering committee member of the No Campaign and New Europe member of the Advisory Board of the Social Studies Faculty at Oxford University and other voluntary posts 1 References Edit a b c d Mary Ann Corinna Howard SIEGHART Debrett s People of Today Archived from the original on 6 August 2014 Retrieved 2 August 2014 a b Mary Ann Sieghart Ofcom Archived from the original on 8 August 2014 Retrieved 2 August 2014 Female FTSE Index www cranfield ac uk Felicity Ann Sieghart obituary The Times 11 June 2019 The Independent 28 April 1997 Media Families 11 The Siegharts Mary Ann Sieghart and her daughter Evie Prichard William Sieghart and his wife Molly Dineen Freedom and security Wadham College 22 February 2016 Photos The faces of those who don t recognize faces CNN 23 May 2013 Kelly Strange Everyone looks the same to me Mirror co uk website 9 November 2007 Retrieved 15 April 2008 Deedes W F 2006 Dear Bill A Memoir Pan Books pp 287 289 ISBN 978 0 330 35410 3 Bill Hagerty Uphill fight for rolling news Archived 12 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Press Gazette website 11 April 2003 Retrieved 9 August 2008 External links EditOfficial website Mary Ann Sieghart The Authoriy Gap Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men YouTube Author Events Free Library of Philadelphia 23 February 2022 in conversation with Tracey Matisak broadcast journalist formerly of WTXF TV The Authority Gap w Mary Ann Sieghart Talk Nerdy 14 March 2022 hosted by Cara Santa Maria The Authority Gap with Mary Ann Sieghart YouTube Liberal Voice for Women 15 March 2022 in conversation with Councillor Alison Jenner civil parish of Cumnor in Oxfordshire Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mary Ann Sieghart amp oldid 1098330293, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
